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i know the polls show that romney was going to win. give me a sense of when you see the actual numbers, how you feel about last night's race. >> well, you know, what florida voters cared about is the economy. we've had a good year in 2011. unemployment dropped 2.1%, the second fastest drop in the country, but still have 900,000 people out of work. what florida voters want is they want a president who is going to focus on reducing taxes, reducing regulation. and get our economy back to work. and last night governor romney was that candidate. >> governor romney has said, i think as you also said in your campaigning, that being a ceo, which you were, you know, has its benefits because you can tackle issues like this economy, unlike other competitors. has that borne out for you as governor? >> you know, soledad, i think the real benefit is you have a better feel for what businesspeople need. every business in this country worries about taxes and fees and regulation and permitting and litigation risks. and if we want more jobs in this count
i know the polls show that romney was going to win. give me a sense of when you see the actual numbers, how you feel about last night's race. >> well, you know, what florida voters cared about is the economy. we've had a good year in 2011. unemployment dropped 2.1%, the second fastest drop in the country, but still have 900,000 people out of work. what florida voters want is they want a president who is going to focus on reducing taxes, reducing regulation. and get our economy back to...
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yeah, i mean, this one poll does indicate that mitt romney did get a bounce. of course, we're going to see a lot more national polls, a lot more polls. most importantly in the battle ground states later today, tomorrow, and wednesday ask thursday. keep your eyes on those state polls. they're really the most telling. suzanne. >> also more debates. tell us about the expectation of thursdays. this is the vice president and paul ryan. >> yep. i think there's more add stake now than there would have been beforehand, but the president's lackluster performance last wednesday makes this debate between ryan and biden a little more important. both candidates talking about how they're getting ready for it. listen. >> i'm looking forward to it. i really am. the thing about congressman ryan is he has been straight forward up until now about everything -- all the significant changes he wants to make. we have a fundamentally different view on a whole range of issues. >> is he fast on the cuff. he is a witty guy. he knows who he is. he has been doing this for 40 years. you're
yeah, i mean, this one poll does indicate that mitt romney did get a bounce. of course, we're going to see a lot more national polls, a lot more polls. most importantly in the battle ground states later today, tomorrow, and wednesday ask thursday. keep your eyes on those state polls. they're really the most telling. suzanne. >> also more debates. tell us about the expectation of thursdays. this is the vice president and paul ryan. >> yep. i think there's more add stake now than...
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there again, a brand new poll out from quinnipiac university, romney on top again. ashleigh, listen, these polls, people said they were likely to change their minds, nothing set in stone. so great to join you on tv, not get up at 4:00 in the morning. >> i don't know if you saw the schedule. one of the guys i used to work with, chris matthews, who nobody knows, said something hilarious this weekend. >> yeah, right. he called south carolina -- he said it was going to be five vet eggs and a funeral who do you think the funeral is going to be? >> perry doesn't get numbers up, saw the poll numbers there it could be his funeral, last stand unless he pulls off a miracle there same thing for gingrich, doesn't do well in south carolina, end of the road for him, time will tell, 11, what, 12 days left until south carolina, stay tuned. >> get your caffeine all geared up, you know how last week went. >>> you have been sounding off, we like that some democrats talking about president obama/vice president hillary clinton ticket. asked what you thought about that. douglas said pers
there again, a brand new poll out from quinnipiac university, romney on top again. ashleigh, listen, these polls, people said they were likely to change their minds, nothing set in stone. so great to join you on tv, not get up at 4:00 in the morning. >> i don't know if you saw the schedule. one of the guys i used to work with, chris matthews, who nobody knows, said something hilarious this weekend. >> yeah, right. he called south carolina -- he said it was going to be five vet eggs...
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i talked to another romney aide about the poll numbers showing mitt romney up by four points over the president. they were expressing that aide expressing some caution about this poll number saying they would have preferred that number coming out on november 4th. not on october 8th. wolf? >> all right. thanks very much for that, jim acosta. mitt romney's call to arm syrian rebels could level the playing field in the country's civil war and put weapons in the hands potentially of 2riterrorists. pentagon correspondent chris stewart is worki in lawrence is working this side of story. >> reporter: this is a major difference. governor romney is advocating for an aggressive american approach to syria. it carries a reward in that if and when bashar al assad falls, the americans and the united states would really have a seat at the table as to what comes next but the risk is that some of the arms that could flow in to syria could be in the hands of terrorists. in a mitt romney administration, the u.s. could be fighting a proxy war with iran in syria. governor romney said monday that iran is s
i talked to another romney aide about the poll numbers showing mitt romney up by four points over the president. they were expressing that aide expressing some caution about this poll number saying they would have preferred that number coming out on november 4th. not on october 8th. wolf? >> all right. thanks very much for that, jim acosta. mitt romney's call to arm syrian rebels could level the playing field in the country's civil war and put weapons in the hands potentially of...
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. >> recent polls show president obama has a commanding lead among latino voters nationwide, but it's the latino in battleground states like nevada, colorado and florida that mitt romney needs to win over. the fight is on. ed lavandera, cnn, san antonio texas. >>> latinos say republicans are not doing enough for their community. w we'll take a lookt why. with a deadline. and you...rent from national. because only national lets you choose any car in the aisle... and go. you can even take a full-size or above, and still pay the mid-size price. this is awesome. [ male announcer ] yes, it is, business pro. yes, it is. go national. go like a pro. [ slap! slap! slap! ] [ music, laughter stop ] [ male announcer ] when your favorite foods fight you, fight back fast with tums smoothies. so fast and smooth, you'll forget you had heartburn. ♪ tum tum tum tum tums [ male announcer ] tums smoothies. >>> all right. we've been talking about the issues that matter to latino voters mplt it could be pivotal on election day, and both democrats and republicans angling for votes, but some are putting pr
. >> recent polls show president obama has a commanding lead among latino voters nationwide, but it's the latino in battleground states like nevada, colorado and florida that mitt romney needs to win over. the fight is on. ed lavandera, cnn, san antonio texas. >>> latinos say republicans are not doing enough for their community. w we'll take a lookt why. with a deadline. and you...rent from national. because only national lets you choose any car in the aisle... and go. you can...
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what do you think the post debate polls are going to show. >> they're going to show a true bump for romney. particularly among the undecided voters. he gave reason a people to vote for him and the president gave people an excuse to vote against him. that's a double whammy in 90
what do you think the post debate polls are going to show. >> they're going to show a true bump for romney. particularly among the undecided voters. he gave reason a people to vote for him and the president gave people an excuse to vote against him. that's a double whammy in 90
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obama now leads romney by seven points, 52% to 45%, that's according to a new cnn/orc poll. some bad news for romney. his unfavorable numbers has gone up 6% with registered voters. it's believed some of those troubling numbers had something to do with those negative ads that have been put out by groups supporting the obama campaign, but mitt romney is solidifying some support. in may, only 47% of romney voters said they were strongly behind him. that has jumped to 56% and as you can see, obama's numbers have not changed that much at all. in other news, hillary clinton is in turkey, talking about syria, but we'll tell you who she's meeting with and what's on the table. [ male announcer ] this is the at&t network. in here, every powerful collaboration is backed by an equally powerful and secure cloud. that cloud is in the network, so it can deliver all the power of the network itself. bringing people together to develop the best ideas -- and providing the apps and computing power to make new ideas real. it's the cloud from at&t. with new ways to work together, business works b
obama now leads romney by seven points, 52% to 45%, that's according to a new cnn/orc poll. some bad news for romney. his unfavorable numbers has gone up 6% with registered voters. it's believed some of those troubling numbers had something to do with those negative ads that have been put out by groups supporting the obama campaign, but mitt romney is solidifying some support. in may, only 47% of romney voters said they were strongly behind him. that has jumped to 56% and as you can see,...
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the fox news poll, 49% obama, 42% romney. the reuters poll, obama 49%, romney 42%. what's going on here? >> couple things. one, we're looking at registered voters here. when you look at likely voters underneath that, there's more intensity on the republican side. so the race does get a little closer. but obama remains a couple points ahead as he does i think in most polls. nothing fundamentally has changed here except one thing. mitt romney's negative does seem to be going up. some of the obama attacks seem to be having an effect on it after this long, long summer we've been through. but the race is still about bigger things. the economy hasn't changed. it's still going down the toilet. we're losing jobs. the race is still basically very close. >> when you say the difference between registered and likely voters, registered voters are people who have already registered. likely voters are registered voters plus those who might still register. >> no. likely voters are those who are on the rolls, but when you ask them are you really sure they're going to vote in they te
the fox news poll, 49% obama, 42% romney. the reuters poll, obama 49%, romney 42%. what's going on here? >> couple things. one, we're looking at registered voters here. when you look at likely voters underneath that, there's more intensity on the republican side. so the race does get a little closer. but obama remains a couple points ahead as he does i think in most polls. nothing fundamentally has changed here except one thing. mitt romney's negative does seem to be going up. some of the...
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romney will come out on top. it's pretty consistent with some earlier polling we've seen. donna, does it help or hurt the president that people are already going in thinking okay he's going to win this thing. >> that should reassure the president. i think he has to come across as confident tomorrow. he has a terrific record to tell the american people. mitt romney has been in dress rehearsal for this first debate now for five years. i suspect he'll be the more aggressive person tomorrow. but president obama should preempt any strike that mitt romney intends to aim at him, attack, attack, attack by hitting him with a very big question that could possibly knock him off his game plan and make him rely on those zingers that he's been working on. >> anna, what do you think? >> i think suzanne there's a lot of pre-debate spin. both of these guys are very experienced, very seasoned debaters. they both have been debating for the last five years. you'll remember that there were many debates that then candidate barack obam
romney will come out on top. it's pretty consistent with some earlier polling we've seen. donna, does it help or hurt the president that people are already going in thinking okay he's going to win this thing. >> that should reassure the president. i think he has to come across as confident tomorrow. he has a terrific record to tell the american people. mitt romney has been in dress rehearsal for this first debate now for five years. i suspect he'll be the more aggressive person tomorrow....
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. >> 18 point swing in one poll is huge. >> if we were to see that number confirmed by other poll, romney would be the favorite but it's not what we're seeing in the bulk of data. sometimes there can be a tendency to take a big headline number, when we're getting 15 or 20 polls released. if romney is doing that well among women, we will see the result confirmed by other polls quite soon. >> his people also believe that he did well from the debate independents, men, the elderly in particular. that's what their own internal polling is showing. would you agree with that? >> in the debate he was able to reposition himself toward the center of the electorate. last time we talked about, this is something very strange where romney has been playing to the base, even to some extent at his convention, he was doing that. but he shifted towards the center and obama was a little bit feeble in trying to rebut that. that's an important factor. historically candidates who can appear to be in the middle of the electorate tend to win and those on the wings tend to lose. that was a big strategic gain romney
. >> 18 point swing in one poll is huge. >> if we were to see that number confirmed by other poll, romney would be the favorite but it's not what we're seeing in the bulk of data. sometimes there can be a tendency to take a big headline number, when we're getting 15 or 20 polls released. if romney is doing that well among women, we will see the result confirmed by other polls quite soon. >> his people also believe that he did well from the debate independents, men, the elderly...
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polls aside, enthusiasm does seem to be building for romney. his campaign says he attracted 9,000 people at a rally in florida on sunday. he raised $12 million in online donations after the debate. romney remains in a statistical tie with the president although most political analysts say voter enthusiasm and subsequent turnout could decide the election. talk back question for you today. how enthusiastic are you about voting? facebook.com/carolcnn. your response is later this hour. >>> it was billed as the rumble in the air conditioned auditorium and when jon stewart went head to head with bill o'reil o'reilly, things got funny. you. we know you. we know you have to rise early... and work late, with not enough sleep in between. how you sometimes need to get over to that exit, like, right now. and how things aren't... just about you anymore. introducing the all-new, smart-sensing... honda accord. it starts with you. i have a cold... i took dayquil, but i still have a runny nose. [ male announcer ] truth is, dayquil doesn't work on runny noses. w
polls aside, enthusiasm does seem to be building for romney. his campaign says he attracted 9,000 people at a rally in florida on sunday. he raised $12 million in online donations after the debate. romney remains in a statistical tie with the president although most political analysts say voter enthusiasm and subsequent turnout could decide the election. talk back question for you today. how enthusiastic are you about voting? facebook.com/carolcnn. your response is later this hour. >>>...
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also talking about the polls and why mitt romney is polling very well among women. newt gingrich is struggling with that group and he has a theory. >> thanks. still ahead here in 2008, oprah was one of senator obama's biggest champions. now, she says there's no reason for her to endorse the president. we'll tell you why. plus, at airports, you know the drill. turns out the tsa is making a killing off all the loose change we're leaving at the airport. kate bolduan will be back with with the details. ♪ [ male announcer ] when kelley blue book's kbb.com gave the 2012 camry a best resale value award, we were delighted. ♪ when it received a 5-star overall safety rating, we were ecstatic. and when camry became the number-one selling car in america 10 years running, we blushed. ♪ the reinvented 2012 camry. from toyota. ♪ so i used my citi thank you card to pick up some accessories. a new belt. some nylons. and what girl wouldn't need new shoes? we talked about getting a diamond. but with all the thank you points i've been earning... ♪ ...i flew us to the rock i r
also talking about the polls and why mitt romney is polling very well among women. newt gingrich is struggling with that group and he has a theory. >> thanks. still ahead here in 2008, oprah was one of senator obama's biggest champions. now, she says there's no reason for her to endorse the president. we'll tell you why. plus, at airports, you know the drill. turns out the tsa is making a killing off all the loose change we're leaving at the airport. kate bolduan will be back with with...
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the national polls show it tied, maybe a slight, slight edge for romney in the average of polls. but if you do the state-by-state breakdown, it's a very difficult path for romney to win that electoral college without ohio, wisconsin, iowa, that midwest fortress that obama seems to have. >> when obama made the decision on the bailout that was unpopular and it now may be that that actually saves him in ohio. >> i remember doing reporting on that, and aus ten goolsby gave the pure economic advisory said don't do this. and they said mr. president we campaigned in these states, these people are getting killed we've got to do this. one of the most important decisions of his presidency. >> if he wints ohio, it's going to be because he bailed out the auto industry. >> yeah. >> there are about 800,000 we estimate, gloria, undecided voters in these few remaining battle ground states. they're all working trying to convince them. what is going to convince them. >> it's really hard to say. when you talk to republicans they tell you that late in the game, where we are, undecided voters will br
the national polls show it tied, maybe a slight, slight edge for romney in the average of polls. but if you do the state-by-state breakdown, it's a very difficult path for romney to win that electoral college without ohio, wisconsin, iowa, that midwest fortress that obama seems to have. >> when obama made the decision on the bailout that was unpopular and it now may be that that actually saves him in ohio. >> i remember doing reporting on that, and aus ten goolsby gave the pure...
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not exactly one of romney's stronger suits thus far. take a look at yet another poll here. the question being better on foreign policy shows him trailing the president by seven points on that one specifically. wolf blitzer, let's talk to you about all of this. joining me live from washington here. and we'll listen in a moment to that speech from mitt romney at vmi. let me ask you this, why a foreign policy speech this late in the election campaign? do you think he sees some sort of opening here? >> yes, i think that the killing of the american ambassador and three other americans in benghazi, libya, the consulate there, and the confusion surrounding the administration's explanation for what happened, the condemnation by some has given him a clear opening. take a look at what is happening throughout north africa and the middle east. he said that today. there is a lot of anti-american attitudes out there. he senses there is a moment now for him to take advantage and as you point out, brooke, he's going to have that foreign policy debate against president obama, that's the las
not exactly one of romney's stronger suits thus far. take a look at yet another poll here. the question being better on foreign policy shows him trailing the president by seven points on that one specifically. wolf blitzer, let's talk to you about all of this. joining me live from washington here. and we'll listen in a moment to that speech from mitt romney at vmi. let me ask you this, why a foreign policy speech this late in the election campaign? do you think he sees some sort of opening...
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and we should also tell you this, mitt romney has gotten an upward tick in our cnn poll of polls. you see the numbers. what we do, again, the poll of polls, take a batch of polls, average them together, our latest average has the president getting 49% support from likely voters. you see romney at 46%, that's one point up for romney. he was at 45% before today. >>> just into us here, totally switching gears, the search for jimmy hoffa, police in michigan say we'll find out tomorrow whether soil taken outside of a home has any evidence of human remains. a tipster claims to have seen a body being buried under a shed at the roseville home on the day after jimmy hoffa disappeared. remember this was way back, 1975. so just this past friday you see the crews, they were out there digging under the shed. they then sent soil samples out for testing. this is -- this is the latest tip in the 37-year search for the teamster boss. >>> and a lot more news unfolding here on this monday. watch this. there is a pretty good chance the next president will make at least one supreme court pick. and our
and we should also tell you this, mitt romney has gotten an upward tick in our cnn poll of polls. you see the numbers. what we do, again, the poll of polls, take a batch of polls, average them together, our latest average has the president getting 49% support from likely voters. you see romney at 46%, that's one point up for romney. he was at 45% before today. >>> just into us here, totally switching gears, the search for jimmy hoffa, police in michigan say we'll find out tomorrow...
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now all the polls in ohio, mitt romney is ahead. take a look at this brand new poll from tennessee, the same story. you can see, mitt romney has closed the gap with rick santorum in tennessee. rick santorum used to have a double digit lead there as well. you want to call it mojo, i love that word as well. let's say santorum wins ohio or oklahoma or one or two others, the race goes on for a long, long time. >> i knew you were going to say that. super tuesdayen is as super as it used to be. we keep losing states. >> there were about 20 states the last time around. the calendar changes every four years. >> so does mine. i think i heard a pundit say over the last couple of days if one of these candidates can prevail in five or six, i may have the math wrong, five or six of the ten states, it's over, baby. is that true? >> i don't think that's true. here's why. if romney does, maybe it's over. if romney has a bad night, he has the organization to continue on. he wants to have a very good night. newt gingrich, let's talk about him. he nee
now all the polls in ohio, mitt romney is ahead. take a look at this brand new poll from tennessee, the same story. you can see, mitt romney has closed the gap with rick santorum in tennessee. rick santorum used to have a double digit lead there as well. you want to call it mojo, i love that word as well. let's say santorum wins ohio or oklahoma or one or two others, the race goes on for a long, long time. >> i knew you were going to say that. super tuesdayen is as super as it used to be....
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how bad is this particular poll for mitt romney? >> it is it is very, very bad brooke and one number you mentioned there, obama holds a 25-point lead among women which is a big gender gap we have seen in any poll between the two this cycle. ohio is the linchpin of any white house strategy. romney can still do it, though the needle he's threading becomes very, very thin if he does lose ohio. the question the political people are asking today is this lead actually ten points? or is it closer to what we have seen in previous polls, which is seven, six, five, four perhaps point lead for barack obama. a lot of republicans are criticizing the polls saying the gop is undersampled, democrats are being oversampled. if you talk to any republican in ohio, they'll admit to you they are losing the state they just say -- they point out they're losing by four points and they're still in the hunt rather than ten points. ten-point lead is bad also from a media narrative perspective, the more we talk about romney losing, battling ohio, the more that
how bad is this particular poll for mitt romney? >> it is it is very, very bad brooke and one number you mentioned there, obama holds a 25-point lead among women which is a big gender gap we have seen in any poll between the two this cycle. ohio is the linchpin of any white house strategy. romney can still do it, though the needle he's threading becomes very, very thin if he does lose ohio. the question the political people are asking today is this lead actually ten points? or is it...
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will show in large part are in great support of president obama and at a time when mitt romney has been supporting those states that have put in place new restrictions on voter registration which many people believe makes it much more difficult for blakes and hispanics to actually vote come november. how did his words resonate, jim? >> reporter: i've been covering the romney campaign for a good portion of a year now and i taked to my fellow reporters and i have not heard that kind of sustained booing for mitt romney during the course of this campaign up until what happened today at the naacp. i don't think it really is sort of overstating it. this was, perhaps one of the most negative reactions mitt romney has had in the course of his 2012 presidential campaign. that booing that went on, after he said he would repeal the president's health care law, went on for nearly ten seconds. he used the term obama care which, by the way, that's fine in republican circles but democrats bristle at using the term obama care. we at cnn use the term the president's health care law instead of commenting
will show in large part are in great support of president obama and at a time when mitt romney has been supporting those states that have put in place new restrictions on voter registration which many people believe makes it much more difficult for blakes and hispanics to actually vote come november. how did his words resonate, jim? >> reporter: i've been covering the romney campaign for a good portion of a year now and i taked to my fellow reporters and i have not heard that kind of...
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poll after poll shows momentum building behind the romney/ryan tukt and there's pressure on the president now to wrap up his game for the three-week sprint to election day. let's bring in our correspondent, we're getting reaction to the vice presidential debate, more comments coming in. but the president has his mission cut out for him right now. dan? >> he really does. we just have to look back to right after the debate where the president turned up his volume, strongly aggressively going after his gop opponents. but what we saw this week at the university of miami on thursday at a big rally there was the president even turning up the volume a bit more. attacking mitt romney for what the president says was his changing position on a whole host of issues, including taxes. take a listen. >> he's trying to go through an extreme makeover. after running for more than a year in which he called himself severely conservative, mitt romney is trying to convince you that he was severely kidding. >> i was talking to a senior campaign official about the tone of the president's rally and this official
poll after poll shows momentum building behind the romney/ryan tukt and there's pressure on the president now to wrap up his game for the three-week sprint to election day. let's bring in our correspondent, we're getting reaction to the vice presidential debate, more comments coming in. but the president has his mission cut out for him right now. dan? >> he really does. we just have to look back to right after the debate where the president turned up his volume, strongly aggressively...
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we know that polls are actually showing the president is leading romney in ohio. this is the cnn poll of polls. average of four most recent surveys. the president ahead, 55-41%. why do you think that is so significant right now? >> he has more than 40 days to go before this election, but keep in mind that the presidential debates, a series of presidential debates in that vice presidential debate gets going next week. so he doesn't have a whole lot of time on the ground to persuade swing state voters like here in ohio that he needs them on his side, and you can see he has this economic message behind me right now in big letters on that sign. it says we need a real recovery. he has been fine-tuning his economic message all morning long. trying to reconnect with voters in this stais state. he said at a hearing in the western of the state that his heartaches for people who are struggling in this economy. take a listen to a little bit of what he had to say earlier this morning. >> there is so many in our country that are hurting right now. i want to help them. he know
we know that polls are actually showing the president is leading romney in ohio. this is the cnn poll of polls. average of four most recent surveys. the president ahead, 55-41%. why do you think that is so significant right now? >> he has more than 40 days to go before this election, but keep in mind that the presidential debates, a series of presidential debates in that vice presidential debate gets going next week. so he doesn't have a whole lot of time on the ground to persuade swing...
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romney, here is a poll here, romney has 5% support of black registered voters. what percentage of the african-american vote would you predict mitt romney could get realistically? >> i think it is realistic he will get close to 10% of the african-american vote. i will start by being one of the 10%. no doubt, what we're looking at from a romney perspective, the fact that african-american unemployment since 2008 is up 40%. 40%. home closures, 25%. so what we have is the same message that works for the rest of america, works for the black community, too. >> what he did today, did that back fire? he was booed. >> absolutely, it is disrespect, the booing was absolutely disrespectful. however, he gets credit for showing up. he gets credit for having one single minded focus for all of america, and that's jobs and the economy. that was the success. and most importantly i think his approach to education. charter schools, public school choice, private school choice, major part of the unemployment rate ten years from now. he addressed two important issues in the african-ame
romney, here is a poll here, romney has 5% support of black registered voters. what percentage of the african-american vote would you predict mitt romney could get realistically? >> i think it is realistic he will get close to 10% of the african-american vote. i will start by being one of the 10%. no doubt, what we're looking at from a romney perspective, the fact that african-american unemployment since 2008 is up 40%. 40%. home closures, 25%. so what we have is the same message that...
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a new poll shows mitt romney may be leading among women. that's not the only category where obama is trailing and i'll ask for congresswoman debbie wasserman shut who is standing by live. a facebook co-founder unfriends the united states of america on giving us his u.s. citizenship could save him hundreds of millions of taxes when the company goes public. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> democrats have been betting on a big gender gap to give president obama an edge in the november election, they've accused republicans of a war on women and president obama has been going all out to kort female voters, but suddenly a new poll suggests it's mitt romney who may have an edge among women. let's go to brianna keilar. should the president be worried that he's potentially losing his critically important edge with women? >> reporter: wolf, it may be too soon to tell. these poll numbers may not tell the entire story. if we take a look at the poll by cbs news and new york times it does show ro
a new poll shows mitt romney may be leading among women. that's not the only category where obama is trailing and i'll ask for congresswoman debbie wasserman shut who is standing by live. a facebook co-founder unfriends the united states of america on giving us his u.s. citizenship could save him hundreds of millions of taxes when the company goes public. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> democrats have been betting on...
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mitt romney getting a big debate bounce in a new gallup poll. the survey showing the race is tied at 47%, a five-point lead for president obama gone. >>> two scientists are sharing the nobel prize in medicine. great britain's john burden and japan's shinja yam na knack ka. they discovered mature cells can be preprogrammed to become immature cells capable of developing into all other tissue cells in the body. it shows you how, you know, people, humans, can be educated, learn, study and change the world. >> always the bridesmaid, never the bride. >> 18 minutes after the hour. >>> you may recall the story of jason russell creator of "coney 2012" which highlights warlord joseph kony. he had a public breakdown on the streets of san diego running into traffic with no clothes on. he tells oprah winfrey in an interview that aired last night " oprah's next chapter" he was hospitalized suffering from a condition called reactive psychosis. >> you don't go through something this traumatic, dramatic, public, and not learn a lot from it and not grow closer to
mitt romney getting a big debate bounce in a new gallup poll. the survey showing the race is tied at 47%, a five-point lead for president obama gone. >>> two scientists are sharing the nobel prize in medicine. great britain's john burden and japan's shinja yam na knack ka. they discovered mature cells can be preprogrammed to become immature cells capable of developing into all other tissue cells in the body. it shows you how, you know, people, humans, can be educated, learn, study and...
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i believe on the cnn poll governor romney was slightly ahead. it was a ppp democratic polling group that had people saying more likely to vote for governor romney 47-35. less likely more likely to vote for president obama 32 less likely 46. and that was a poll also that said on points, on points, president obama won the race. and the final analysis this is an election. people are looking for who can be the commander in chief. hat governor romney did last night is he tied having a strong economy as being essential to having a strong military strong foreign policy and clearly on that point he clearly won the debate. >> what he also seemed to do last night, more than he has ever done before, and i've covered him now for, you know, five years, is he seemed to agree with president obama on a whole range of foreign policy issues. seemingly for the first time. let's listen to what he said. >> i felt the same as the president did. i want to underscore the same point the president made. the president was right to up the usage of that technology. >> there
i believe on the cnn poll governor romney was slightly ahead. it was a ppp democratic polling group that had people saying more likely to vote for governor romney 47-35. less likely more likely to vote for president obama 32 less likely 46. and that was a poll also that said on points, on points, president obama won the race. and the final analysis this is an election. people are looking for who can be the commander in chief. hat governor romney did last night is he tied having a strong economy...
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so you really think now that the polls at the romney campaign are pointing to are wrong. do you think they're wrong, they're being stupid, or i mean what's the reason they would do this or do they think they're losing to you and that's why they're pulling out? >> not at all. the race is close. i think they have a small advantage right now in the most recent polls, most of which have been republican-leaning polls. no, i think this is a head fake. they pretend they're leaving north carolina, and they're sending one person out of state. they're trying to depress our vote during the early vote period. they're trying to get new stories placed that the race is over. we've registered over 100,000 new voters in north carolina this year alone, and the romney campaign is very concerned they can't match us in the early vote. we've seen how the early vote is going in ohio and iowa and wisconsin where we're way ahead in votes that already been cast. i think they're trying to depress the vote and convince the voters it's over, no reason to vote. the game is over. >> let me ask you this
so you really think now that the polls at the romney campaign are pointing to are wrong. do you think they're wrong, they're being stupid, or i mean what's the reason they would do this or do they think they're losing to you and that's why they're pulling out? >> not at all. the race is close. i think they have a small advantage right now in the most recent polls, most of which have been republican-leaning polls. no, i think this is a head fake. they pretend they're leaving north...
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a closer look at why romney's poll numbers seem to be slipping. let's bring in cnn's political reporter peter hamby. i enjoyed reading your article at cnn.com. >> thank you. >> give us some idea why if you will why the president is running so strong? >> the real problem for mitt romney is in the meat of the polls. he has advantage on economy, taxes, democrats rarely have advantage on, among women. couple things jumped out at me. this is from "the washington post" poll yesterday, mitt romney is at 50% unfave, 40% faif. barack obama 39% unfavorable, mitt romney's having trouble getting people to like him. that's a very big problem. the other thing that jumped out at me is this question of the bailout by two to one margin -- >> the auto bailout. >> the auto bailout, voters there in ohio like the bailout and said it's been good for the economy. you see this in poll after ohio poll. >> wow, those are some pretty strong numbers. you've been talking to ohio republicans. what are they saying? what are their concerns? are they afraid of losing the state? >
a closer look at why romney's poll numbers seem to be slipping. let's bring in cnn's political reporter peter hamby. i enjoyed reading your article at cnn.com. >> thank you. >> give us some idea why if you will why the president is running so strong? >> the real problem for mitt romney is in the meat of the polls. he has advantage on economy, taxes, democrats rarely have advantage on, among women. couple things jumped out at me. this is from "the washington post"...
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also know that huntsman is not moving in that poll. great news for romney all around. terrible news for the other guys. >> assuming romney, the former governor of massachusetts, he owns a vacation home here, he campaigned here for six years, assuming he can stay above 40% or in this ballpark that has been a momentum race even though the iowa whip is eight votes. he doesn't win in new hampshire, moves to south carolina, the numbers are stunning, romney 37%, up from 20 in december. santorum a big bounce there, evangelicals rallying at his side, 14, up from a month ago. gingrich, a 25-point tumble, a 25-point tumble, down 18%, down from 43%. a lot of people will say, wow, this is about delegates f romney can do iowa, new hampshire, south carolina, can anyone stop him? >> if romney can do those three, like he has gone from the little red caboose to high speed rail and i don't want to be standing in front of that train, i don't think nip does. and the problem for his rivals is compounded by the way the field is splintered. so maybe if you had santorum trying to hold the lin
also know that huntsman is not moving in that poll. great news for romney all around. terrible news for the other guys. >> assuming romney, the former governor of massachusetts, he owns a vacation home here, he campaigned here for six years, assuming he can stay above 40% or in this ballpark that has been a momentum race even though the iowa whip is eight votes. he doesn't win in new hampshire, moves to south carolina, the numbers are stunning, romney 37%, up from 20 in december. santorum...
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. >> in chicago, in terms of romney versus santorum spending. what about the exit polls? did anything surprise you or stand out in illinois specifically? >> a couple of nuggets here. governor romney won among voters who identify as conservatives. they tend to go for santorum or going risch. governor romney did well. he won among those who identify themselves as supporters of the tea party. he did well among working women. we had conversations about the gender gap in this complain. he won among those who think the economy is getting worse and those who think the economy is getting better. and he fared better. senator santorum carried the downscale we talked about in the beginning, but not as big a margin in illinois. is it just one state? is it more moderate in other states? or can governor romney carry this over? >> john king, thank you very much. >>> earlier tonight, before we knew the results and knew the exit poll numbers, we had three burning questions about the race. let me start with you, wolf. number one, we wanted to know if mitt romney would win convinc g convinc
. >> in chicago, in terms of romney versus santorum spending. what about the exit polls? did anything surprise you or stand out in illinois specifically? >> a couple of nuggets here. governor romney won among voters who identify as conservatives. they tend to go for santorum or going risch. governor romney did well. he won among those who identify themselves as supporters of the tea party. he did well among working women. we had conversations about the gender gap in this complain....
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mitt romney is surging in the gop polls. but that is not exactly how the tea party patriots see things. >> no, no. they conducted a straw poll of their own. this is on sunday night. this is what it found. 35% support gingrich. 31% rick santorum. 18% mitt romney. >> yeah. very different numbers. flipfloping. imagine rick santorum being up that high as well. the polls don't show that. the founder of and the coordinator of the tea party. jenny beth. >> thanks fo having me. >> i'm confused. the numbers show different than the other polls. then we have to go back and look at other number. in each of the states that's been won so far by each of the candidates that's won a state, they've all had the backing of the tea party. iowa had -- santorum had iowa, he had the backing of the tea party, romney won new hampshire and gingrich won with the backing of the tea party. in florida, do you think that trend might end? >> it may very well. especially when you look at the polls that come out today or come out in the past few days from flo
mitt romney is surging in the gop polls. but that is not exactly how the tea party patriots see things. >> no, no. they conducted a straw poll of their own. this is on sunday night. this is what it found. 35% support gingrich. 31% rick santorum. 18% mitt romney. >> yeah. very different numbers. flipfloping. imagine rick santorum being up that high as well. the polls don't show that. the founder of and the coordinator of the tea party. jenny beth. >> thanks fo having me....
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but cnn polls still showing romney is the top dog. let's go to dana bash. she's been covering romney in new hampshire. i've been following your tweet and you talk about the crush, the throng surrounding him. and mo and joe's diner, he couldn't even sit down. >> i've covered primaries here many times in many different ways, and i've seen this before, the candidates, especially, when you get the kind of popularity he has right now, he's actually surging in the polls. newt gingrich is second to mitt romney, and he has this individual attention he has now, something he's not really used to. he's been here in new hampshire on and off for a very, very long time and this kind of attention is new to him. i think it's fair to say that ron paul's campaign wasn't prepared for this, and it was pretty intense for him, and he did leave earlier than expected. he was supposed to sit down and have breakfast and he didn't get to. they've seen candidates come in and get crushed by the attention, by the cameras, but they still find a way to maneuver and talk to the voters. i a
but cnn polls still showing romney is the top dog. let's go to dana bash. she's been covering romney in new hampshire. i've been following your tweet and you talk about the crush, the throng surrounding him. and mo and joe's diner, he couldn't even sit down. >> i've covered primaries here many times in many different ways, and i've seen this before, the candidates, especially, when you get the kind of popularity he has right now, he's actually surging in the polls. newt gingrich is second...
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the romney campaign broke that and it hurt them in the polls heading into that debate. however, as that new yorker cover that's coming out next week sort of captured the zeitgeist, he had a strong debate performance. his campaign says they raised $12 million in the course of 48 hours just in that day after the debate, but they haven't released their fund-raising numbers. we shall see what their numbers are pretty soon here. >> peter hamby, the new yorker having fun, showing romney talking to an empty chair, trying to symbolize that the president wasn't completely present in that wednesday debate. thanks so much. peter hamby in washington. >> the drop in the unemployment rate is a big headline from the jobs report, but is that what we should be focusing on right now? cnn's chief business correspondent ali velshi weighing in. >> fred, so there are a couple things at play here. first, the unemployment rate, the drop from 8.1% to 7.8%. throw it out, erase it from your head. it doesn't matter. the thing you need to concentrate is the number of jobs that were actually created
the romney campaign broke that and it hurt them in the polls heading into that debate. however, as that new yorker cover that's coming out next week sort of captured the zeitgeist, he had a strong debate performance. his campaign says they raised $12 million in the course of 48 hours just in that day after the debate, but they haven't released their fund-raising numbers. we shall see what their numbers are pretty soon here. >> peter hamby, the new yorker having fun, showing romney talking...
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a new cnn sfch/orc poll shows m romney as a clear front-runner, 34%, ahead of newt gingrich. another poll saids light on the possible reason a huge majority of republicans, 71%, said they would rather nominate a candidate that can beat barack obama in the fall than a candidate who agrees with them on the issues. romney's lead isn't set in stone. 56% of gop voters say they may change their minds before the primaries. the next big gop contest is just six days away. south carolina holds the first southern primary on saturday, and romney does not hold a commanding lead there. the latest arg survey shows him in a statistical dead heat with newt gingrich. shannon travis is live from myrtle beach, where tee party groups are holding a convention and, shannon, i understand there have been some pretty tense moments there. tell us more. >> yeah, there were some tense moments here at the spring may resort where they're holding their first ever tea party convention here in south carolina, fred. for the most part the purpose of the event was for tea party activists to kind of network, get
a new cnn sfch/orc poll shows m romney as a clear front-runner, 34%, ahead of newt gingrich. another poll saids light on the possible reason a huge majority of republicans, 71%, said they would rather nominate a candidate that can beat barack obama in the fall than a candidate who agrees with them on the issues. romney's lead isn't set in stone. 56% of gop voters say they may change their minds before the primaries. the next big gop contest is just six days away. south carolina holds the first...
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two state news polls shows mitt romney slightly down but still ahead in the poll there's. romney, 35%. paul, 20%. huntsman, 11%. let's take a look t the other poll that we have here as well. this is romney at 40%, huntsman at 17%, paul at 16%. with romney ahead by so much, what are the next 24 hours about for the candidates? what's the story to watch coming out of new hampshire? >> i think the most fascinating thing right now is how huntsman and ron paul are both fighting over independent voters. remember, independent voters, what makes a difference in new hampshire. open primary, independent voters make up 40% of the local electora electorate. that's what folks are fighting over. right now huntsman and paul rising in the polls. romney safely ahead but as long as that margin closes that's the real fight. watching ron paul and jon huntsman take fights at each other to knock mitt romney off his person. >> if we can talk to mull here for a second. has they're headed into south carolina, i was reading an article this morning saying that people, even though they're not excite a
two state news polls shows mitt romney slightly down but still ahead in the poll there's. romney, 35%. paul, 20%. huntsman, 11%. let's take a look t the other poll that we have here as well. this is romney at 40%, huntsman at 17%, paul at 16%. with romney ahead by so much, what are the next 24 hours about for the candidates? what's the story to watch coming out of new hampshire? >> i think the most fascinating thing right now is how huntsman and ron paul are both fighting over independent...
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you saw the ohio poll, the cnn poll that came out today. obama 51%, romney 47%. that's within the margin of error. the new hampshire poll, wmur granite state poll now has obama 47% to 41%, back in september it was obama 54%, 39% for romney. the michigan likely voters choice is now 48%, 45% obama over romney. it was ten points in september 47%, 37%. what's going on here, james? >> i think the race has tightened since the debate. i'm a democrat, so i don't attack pollsters, fact checkers, evolutionary scientists, climate scientists or anything like that. the truth of the matter is it's tightened. the poll of polls and the national numbers seems to be around one. and we'll move on with the rest of the campaign. no sense in attacking pollsters here. no doubt that governor romney has done himself some good since that debate. and we'll see where we go from here. we can say i'm not going to attack scientists or fact checkers or pollsters. >> ari, you're not attacking fact checkers or pollsters either, are you? >> last i looked. no, wolf, that's exactly right. the debate
you saw the ohio poll, the cnn poll that came out today. obama 51%, romney 47%. that's within the margin of error. the new hampshire poll, wmur granite state poll now has obama 47% to 41%, back in september it was obama 54%, 39% for romney. the michigan likely voters choice is now 48%, 45% obama over romney. it was ten points in september 47%, 37%. what's going on here, james? >> i think the race has tightened since the debate. i'm a democrat, so i don't attack pollsters, fact checkers,...
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jim, seriously, the answer from the romney camp is that the polls aren't trustworthy? >> reporter: well, i think one thing we heard from mitt romney yesterday, we had a chance to talk to him, carol, and he basically said, well, polls come up and polls go down. that was basically the message that came from his political director, you played the sound from the campaign plane yesterday. i was on the plane with him. we were pressing him on the polling numbers and the romney campaign insisted there is plenty of time to pill this out and pointed that out during the primaries, we're behind in critical states battling rick santorum and able to come from behind and win some of those states. what's happening right now. mitt romney about to come out on the stage joined by the governor of the state, john kasich and golf legend jack nicklaus, sort of the pride of the state, on the stage behind me. because of poll numbers in ohio, romney is in a major sand trap now and could use a good pitching wedge to get out of the fix he's in now. i had a chance to ask mitt romney yesterday duri
jim, seriously, the answer from the romney camp is that the polls aren't trustworthy? >> reporter: well, i think one thing we heard from mitt romney yesterday, we had a chance to talk to him, carol, and he basically said, well, polls come up and polls go down. that was basically the message that came from his political director, you played the sound from the campaign plane yesterday. i was on the plane with him. we were pressing him on the polling numbers and the romney campaign insisted...
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mitt romney has dropped five points in our latest south carolina poll. people that you're speaking to in south carolina, say this is really the last-ditch effort to stop romney. they don't love the alternatives. you say as well. actually your newspaper has not come out with an endorsement yet. this is very last minute. what are folks waiting for? what is missing? >> i think we just want -- i think at love of republican voters here just want to see as much as they can see before making up their mind. i've talked to a few who are still undecided who will be looking at the debate tonight and what happens tonight and over the next two days. >> what about romney not releasing his tax returns. do you think that will affect south carolinaens? we know or we think what it would show us is that he's really rich. south carolina has one of the highest unemployment rates in the country at 9.9%. is it a liability to be rich in this race going into south carolina? and how do you think folks will react about the tax forms not being released? >> i don't know if it's a li
mitt romney has dropped five points in our latest south carolina poll. people that you're speaking to in south carolina, say this is really the last-ditch effort to stop romney. they don't love the alternatives. you say as well. actually your newspaper has not come out with an endorsement yet. this is very last minute. what are folks waiting for? what is missing? >> i think we just want -- i think at love of republican voters here just want to see as much as they can see before making up...
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this is from the new nbc "the wall street journal" poll in iowa obama 50%, romney 44%. much closer in new hampshire. obama 49%, romney 47% within the sampling error. wisconsin similarly 49%, 46%. these states are pretty important as well. >> every state. all of these battleground states are very important. there are different permutations to get to the all important 270. you look at a tiny state like new hampshire which is so close, four electoral votes, wolf, but it's the last place mitt romney is going to visit before he goes home to boston to vote. the president's going to be there. this could be the difference in the electoral college. if you look at iowa and wisconsin, two other numbers you just threw out there. iowa and wisconsin very important part of the president's firewall in the midwest. for example, should he lose florida, iowa and wisconsin very important. same thing with ohio. both of them -- both those states important to both of these candidates. and of course wisconsin -- in wisconsin that may be one of the reasons paul ryan was chosen because the romne
this is from the new nbc "the wall street journal" poll in iowa obama 50%, romney 44%. much closer in new hampshire. obama 49%, romney 47% within the sampling error. wisconsin similarly 49%, 46%. these states are pretty important as well. >> every state. all of these battleground states are very important. there are different permutations to get to the all important 270. you look at a tiny state like new hampshire which is so close, four electoral votes, wolf, but it's the last...
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nationally the polls have been moving in the same direction toward mitt romney. people here still think it will be a close race, but the romney campaign is quietly confident again that they can pull out a win here and really send a message to the republican party that we can win in a key battleground state in november. this is a state that went heavily republican in 2010, but if you look at the cross tabs in this poll, voters are very concerned about electability, they're aware of the central role of the state in november and voters that are concerned about electability here are breaking heavily toward mitt romney as they have in other states. so, fred, it is going to be a close race here, but the romney people think they can pull it out. >> meantime, you know, peter, there was a problem involving santorum in parts of ohio. something about not registering properly and so he -- that may cost him delegates or delegate potential? >> reporter: yeah, you're exactly right. all these delegate rules are arcane and byzantine and frankly a little complicated. but the santo
nationally the polls have been moving in the same direction toward mitt romney. people here still think it will be a close race, but the romney campaign is quietly confident again that they can pull out a win here and really send a message to the republican party that we can win in a key battleground state in november. this is a state that went heavily republican in 2010, but if you look at the cross tabs in this poll, voters are very concerned about electability, they're aware of the central...
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mitt romney is leading in those polls. when you look at the national polls, newt gingrich is lieding in the polls. explain that. what's happening with the american gop voter right now? >> well, i think that the gop electorate is still split, just like you saw in iowa, could very well see it in florida. remember in south carolina, at the beginning of the week newt was way behind. he ended up winning. i'm not predicting that he's going to win florida but i'm saying a lot could happen between now and the polls close on tuesday night. >> mr. cane, this is will cain. how are you? >> hello, will. >> we all know that 9-9-9 has been your love, your platform. you've been pushing it. i think you just said that you and newt have been talking about 9-9-9. can we expect newt gingrich to make 9- 9-9 part of his platform? >> not necessarily. he and i have talked and it is under serious consideration of the way we replace the tax code. this is why he also asked me to co-chair his economic growth advisory council, which i will. so what do
mitt romney is leading in those polls. when you look at the national polls, newt gingrich is lieding in the polls. explain that. what's happening with the american gop voter right now? >> well, i think that the gop electorate is still split, just like you saw in iowa, could very well see it in florida. remember in south carolina, at the beginning of the week newt was way behind. he ended up winning. i'm not predicting that he's going to win florida but i'm saying a lot could happen...
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if you look at iowa, 51%, 43% romney. the wisconsin poll, also the nbc poll, 51% obama, 45 romney. these are the key states, a lot of these are eight, nine, ten states that will determine who the next president is. >> yes. and the romney people would like to see their numbers a little better in florida. they really believe that they've got a really good shot at winning the state of florida. if they lose ohio, wolf, and you look at iowa and wisconsin, they've got to win one of those states and so far they're behind it. and what's behind it is the gender gap which so far is really not working in romney's favor. women, in iowa and wisconsin by double digits. and that's mitt romney's problem. >> you've been doing some reporting x ryan, on nevada right now. unemployment has gone down slightly but it's still above the national average. what do you see there? >> i went there to try to figure out why in a state with 12% unemployment has obama led every poll this year. it's just a demographic story there. the democrats say the adult latino citizen population has grown 39% since 2008 and the
if you look at iowa, 51%, 43% romney. the wisconsin poll, also the nbc poll, 51% obama, 45 romney. these are the key states, a lot of these are eight, nine, ten states that will determine who the next president is. >> yes. and the romney people would like to see their numbers a little better in florida. they really believe that they've got a really good shot at winning the state of florida. if they lose ohio, wolf, and you look at iowa and wisconsin, they've got to win one of those states...
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let's run through a couple of the latest polls. romney at the 33%. paul with 20% and jon huntsman, who has spent basically all his time in this state in third with about 13%. there's a second poll which gives romney a bigger legal. huntsman and santorum tied at 11. mitt is on top and his opponents have attacked him today. gingrich super pack set to blanket south carolina with ads like this one. >> mitt romney became ceo of bain capital the day it was formed. his mission, to reap massive rewards for himself and his investors. >> they don't care who i am. >> he's for small businesses. no, he isn't. he's not. >> now, romney defends his record, but today, he said something that caught the ears of his rivals. >> i want individuals to have their own insurance. that means the insurance company will have an incentive to keep you healthy. it also means that if you don't like what they do, you can fire them. i like being able to provide people that provide services to me. >> all right, critics jumping all over that last line, rick perry's selling it as a ring
let's run through a couple of the latest polls. romney at the 33%. paul with 20% and jon huntsman, who has spent basically all his time in this state in third with about 13%. there's a second poll which gives romney a bigger legal. huntsman and santorum tied at 11. mitt is on top and his opponents have attacked him today. gingrich super pack set to blanket south carolina with ads like this one. >> mitt romney became ceo of bain capital the day it was formed. his mission, to reap massive...
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>>> romney hits the daily double rocking both the maine caucuses and the poll of top conservative activists. and the president tangles with the catholic hierarchy over contraception and health care coverage. jacob lew, rick santorum and senator joe lieberman will join us soon. first, death of singer whitney houston. ♪ and i >> didn't she almost have it all? whitney houston was beautiful and talented with music in her soul and her blood line. sheep was the daughter of a gospel singer, cousin to dionne warwick, areit na franklin her godmother. she had a voice that could range five octaves cross over from gospel, r&b and rock. career blossomed in the '80s, skyrocketed in the '90s. multimillions of albums sold, leading roles in "the body guard" and multi millions in income. a tumultuous marriage and drug addiction. >> i'm my best friend or worst enemy. >> houston divorced and got clean, she said, and try a comeback releasing an album in 2009, going on tour. but time and trouble had taken an obvious toll ♪ whitney houston never got her comeback but as the news swept over last night, music in
>>> romney hits the daily double rocking both the maine caucuses and the poll of top conservative activists. and the president tangles with the catholic hierarchy over contraception and health care coverage. jacob lew, rick santorum and senator joe lieberman will join us soon. first, death of singer whitney houston. ♪ and i >> didn't she almost have it all? whitney houston was beautiful and talented with music in her soul and her blood line. sheep was the daughter of a gospel...
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a new nbc news maris poll shows romney's lead is higher, 42% to 27%. the candidates are always sparring. they do agree on one thing, beat owing bomb ma. >> i think it's been a ground hog day presidency where he keeps saying the same thing again and again and again. we keep waking up and we have the same problems day after day after day. >> if we're going to beat obama, he's going to have a billion dollars. almost all of it will be spent negatively because he doesn't have any positive record to run on. so, i mean, he's going from, yes, we can to why we couldn't as his theme. >> well, the delegate scoreboard so far after iowa, new hampshire, florida looks like this. they've gingrich has 23. romney is not far behind with 19. rick santorum has 13 and ron paul, not bad. not bad for ron paul picking up 3. did well in new hampshire. florida though is the big kahoona. it has 50 delegates. winner take all. the numbers could change greatly by the end of tomorrow. let's talk about that from some of the folks who know best. independent political analyst goldie tai
a new nbc news maris poll shows romney's lead is higher, 42% to 27%. the candidates are always sparring. they do agree on one thing, beat owing bomb ma. >> i think it's been a ground hog day presidency where he keeps saying the same thing again and again and again. we keep waking up and we have the same problems day after day after day. >> if we're going to beat obama, he's going to have a billion dollars. almost all of it will be spent negatively because he doesn't have any...
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two other questions in this poll, romney did much better. most republicans still think he'll win the nomination and think he's a better bet against obama in november november. but there's a clear enthusiasm gap on that question, and another one, would you be enthusiastic? many more people, about a third said santorum, a fifth said romney. if he loses in michigan in two weeks, a state where he won in 2008, i think you'll see an earthquake in this republican race beyond anything we have seen so far. >> and this next question plays into michigan. when we ask, blue collar versus white collar voters, blue collar voters, 36% of them say they support santorum for nominee, 31% of while collar voters go to santorum, but rockne has the edge. what does that tell you? it plays into a narrative we've been hearing lately. >> absolutely. there are two wings in the party, upskill, somewhat socially more moderate, and romney does pretty well with those voters. he's done well with college voters, and he struggles much more in the blue collar pop you list half
two other questions in this poll, romney did much better. most republicans still think he'll win the nomination and think he's a better bet against obama in november november. but there's a clear enthusiasm gap on that question, and another one, would you be enthusiastic? many more people, about a third said santorum, a fifth said romney. if he loses in michigan in two weeks, a state where he won in 2008, i think you'll see an earthquake in this republican race beyond anything we have seen so...
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paul steinhauser has look at the week ahead for president obama and mitt romney. >> our new cnn poll of polls indicates it's a close contest between mitt romney and possible for the state's nine electoral votes. on tuesday both the president and mitt romney speak separately at the annual global initiative gathering in new york city. after that romney heads through ohio for a bus tour through the crucial swing state. >> i need ohio to help me become the next president. >> our poll of polls in ohio indicates that right now mr. obama has the upper hand in the race for the state's 18 electoral votes. both men have been frequent visitors through ohio and while romney rolls through the state on wednesday, the president stumps there as well. >> it is good to be in ohio. it is great to be in this beautiful setting. >> also this week with the first presidential debate closing in, both continue their debate preps. randi? >> thank you, paul. >>> the 2012 campaign season is gives the cast of "saturday night live" plenty to talk about or make fun of. on last night's show, a twist of the gaffes, c
paul steinhauser has look at the week ahead for president obama and mitt romney. >> our new cnn poll of polls indicates it's a close contest between mitt romney and possible for the state's nine electoral votes. on tuesday both the president and mitt romney speak separately at the annual global initiative gathering in new york city. after that romney heads through ohio for a bus tour through the crucial swing state. >> i need ohio to help me become the next president. >> our...
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and does reaffirm a lot of the other large polls that is that mitt romney is in poll position. ron paul can't be counted out. his supporters are so intense. caucuses are low turnout high intensity affairs. rick santorum getting the doughnut hole is a surprise. 60% of the turnout last time in 2008 which made mike huckabee the winner -- >> erick erickson, they often say and i'll repeat it that there are only three tickets out of iowa and the third ticket is pretty sought after and most people were assuming that it was going to be either rick santorum vying for that spot or gingrich but now we're not sure what to think anymore especially with the big fat doughnut on the insider poll. what should we think? >> it depends on ron paul. john mccain came in fourth in iowa and was the nominee for the republicans. ron paul discounted that with his support. depends where it comes from and the other ground game. i have been told there are several organizations on the outside and complains on the inside alt showing that it's a three-way race. >> perry, honestly? perry at this point? >> well,
and does reaffirm a lot of the other large polls that is that mitt romney is in poll position. ron paul can't be counted out. his supporters are so intense. caucuses are low turnout high intensity affairs. rick santorum getting the doughnut hole is a surprise. 60% of the turnout last time in 2008 which made mike huckabee the winner -- >> erick erickson, they often say and i'll repeat it that there are only three tickets out of iowa and the third ticket is pretty sought after and most...